Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hē₂r

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *hiar

Etymology

From *hiz (“this”) +‎ *-r (“locative suffix”).[1] There is compensatory lengthening of the vowel after loss of /z/ before /r/ by rhotacism, but the origin of the e₂-vowel is not known.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xeːr/

Adverb

*hē₂r

  1. (demonstrative) here, in this place

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hiar”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 225
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